Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you operate or partner with a disability-serving nonprofit and land-grant institution, you can secure $150k–$530k to deploy assistive farm technology and on-site support for disabled farmers.
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What this is
AgrAbility provides grants to state and regional demonstration projects (SRAPs) run jointly by Cooperative Extension Services at land-grant institutions and nonprofit disability organizations, plus one national technical assistance project. Funding supports on-the-farm agricultural education, assistive technology implementation, and rehabilitation services for disabled farmers and their families. Awards range from $150k–$530k and emphasize direct service delivery and community-based approaches in rural areas.
Who can apply
Applicants must be private nonprofit disability organizations partnering with State Cooperative Extension Services based at 1862 or 1890 land-grant institutions (for SRAPs), or a national nonprofit disability organization (for the NAP). Individual farmers and for-profit companies are not eligible as primary applicants.
Eligible applicant types
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Full description — from the agency
The AgrAbility program works to increase the likelihood that individuals with disabilities, including veterans, and their families engaged in the agricultural enterprise (AgrAbility customers) will become more successful. The program supports cooperative demonstration projects at state and regional levels and one technical assistance and training national project. The AgrAbility supports American rural communities by: i. Funding cooperative, demonstration State and Regional AgrAbility Projects (SRAPs) between State Cooperative Extension Services based at either 1862 or 1890 Land-grant Institutions and private, nonprofit community-based disability serving organizations to provide on-the-farm agricultural education and assistance to accommodate farmers with disabilities and their families; and ii. Funding a National AgrAbility Project (NAP) at a national private nonprofit disability organization to provide technical assistance, training, information dissemination, and other activities to support community-based, direct service and on-site rehabilitation and assistive technology programs for farmers (including veterans) with disabilities and their families who are engaged in farming or farm-related occupations or, in the case of veterans, who are pursuing new farming opportunities.
Topics: assistive technology · agricultural disability · farmers with disabilities · land-grant partnership · rural rehabilitation · veteran farming · cooperative extension
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